Sanitary seat for water-closets.



J. W. MuAULIFFB.

SANITARY SEAT r01: WATER GLOSETS.

APPLIOATIOH FILED NOV. 16, 190B.

Patented Oct. 19, 1909.

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SKNITARY SEAT FOR WATER-:GIDOSETS.

Specification of Letters .Batent; Application meanovemb e 1a, 1903.seriatxo. teas-sa- To all whom it: may. cancer n:

Be it known that I, .Jorm MOAUEIEEE, a; citizen ofthe United: States,residing at Chicago, county of Cook, State of Illinois, have invented a:certain new and useful'Improvement in Sanitary Seats for Water- Closets,and declare the following who a full, clear, and exact description-ofthe. same, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which itpertains to make and use the same, reference being had'to-the accomanying drawings, which form a 'partyo this specification.

In the usual form of water-closet wherein there is employed a hingedseat there has always been the serious objection of: wetting the underside of the seat at the front thereof; This wetting renders the seatunsanitary andoften distorts it due toabsorption of the'liquid by thewood of'which the seat is composed. It has been proposed to make seatsof metal, porcelain or othersanitary material which will not absorb thewater or other liquids which may come u on it, but this has been foundimpracticahle because of the high heat-conductivity of such materialswhichmake seats composed thereof uncomfortable. Therefore resort hasbeenhad to cutting away the front portion'of.

the seat andproviding the bowl with an'upwardly extending pro ection tofill the open ing so formed. This arrangement not only weakens the seat,but itis inapplicable to any type of bowl which does not have theupwardly -extending projection: furthermore, it is uncomfortable in thatthe person of the user is apt to be pinched between the seat and theprojection.

The object of my invention is. to provide a simple and novel arran theoriginal objection o water-closet seats.

A further object,,of my invention is to provide a sanitary arrangementapplicable to any usual type of water-closet.

To the above endI have provided a novel seat, applicable to any ordinaryform of bowl, which will be free from. the objections to the old woodenseat. and also from the disadvantages inherent in, sanitary seats madeof materials of high-heat. conductivity.

The various. features of novelty which unsanitariness in be pointed outwith particularity in the claims; but, for ti -gull understanding of myement overcoming to the bowl will be awiiided. characterize myinvention; will hereinafter invention and of its various objects and advantages, reference may be had to-the following detailed descriptiontaken in connection with: the accompanying drawing, wherein: I

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a watercloset bowl: having .a seatarranged 1n accordance with one form of my invention;

Fig; 2" is a bottom plan view of the seat;

Fig: 3 is a view showing a portion of the front edge of the seat; Fig. 4is a section taken on line yg in Fig. 3; and Fig.5 is a section. takenon line s--z of Fig. 2.

, Referring to the draw-ing, A represents a bowl and B a detachable seahinged'thereto as at 6, although any other usual or preferredarrangement for securing the seat; may be employed. In the preferredform,- I make-use of a metallic ring or frame on which are supportedside PlGCGSOOIIlPOSBd-E of a material of low heat-conductivity; the

ends of' the side. pieces being separated from each other at pointsWhere they might be come-wet, asat the front or back of the seatopening. In the particular arrangement illustrated, I have shown aseparation of the side pieces both at the front and at the back,although I do not desire to be limited to this mosthighly' developedform.

The two side ieces are indicated at C and D and, fitting etween the searated ends thereof, are blocks or sections and F which form therewith acontinuous ring bounding the seat-opening, B The lengths of the blocksor sections, measured circumferentially of the seat opening, are suchas' to 1 I cover the zones to be protected. The blocks may have anydesired cross-section'in the radial direction and may 'or may not takethe shape of the adjacent portions of the side pieces. In thearrangement shown, the blocks are depressed below the upper surface ofthe seat so that the person of the user does not come in contacttherewith. In this form they are preferably inclined downwardly from theouter edges toward the inner edges, and may also be'provided with raisedbeads e and f atthe outer edges; consequently any water or other liquidwhich comes upon the blocks will run down into the bow and soilingofthefloor adjacent The two sanitary brake. or sections are connectedtogether by meansof arms G and H- which underlie the side pieces and,to-

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(ill durable and may frame or ring. The side pieces are secured to thisframe or ring in any suitable man- 'ner, as, for example, by means ofscrews I.

This makes a cheap as well as a durable and sanitary construction, sincethe frame or ring may be cast or otherwise formedof metal and the sidepieces be molded if desired. The ex osed portions of the frame may bepainted, galvanized or coated with porcelain, according to the grade orquality of seat desired. The hinge members I; are preferably connectedwith the metal frame as it is better ada ted to bear the strain than theportions 0 low heat conductivity. It will now be seen that I haveprovided a seat which is wholly sanitary, while at the same time it willnot subject the user to the discomforts of prior arrangements seekingthis end; furthermore, it 1s strong and be applied to substantially alltypes of bowls. a

While I have illustrated and described in detail only a single preferredform which my inventionwill take, it will of course be understood that,broadly considered, my invention may be embodied in various other formscontaining many structural details which will readily suggest themselvesto those skilled in the art; and by the terms of the definitions of myinvention constituting the appended claims I intend to cover all suchforms.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A. movable sanitary seat comprising a continuous metal frame boundingan opening, and side pieces composed of a material of lowheat-conductivity mounted upon the side portions of the-frame, saidframe having upwardly projecting sections fitting between the ends ofthe said side pieces.

2. A movable sanitary seat comprising a continuous metal frame boundingan opening, and side pieces composed of a material of lowheat-conductivity mounted upon the side portions of the frame, saidframe having upwardly projectin sections fitting between the ends of theside pieces and having their upper surfaces inclined upwardly from theinner edges of the said sections.

3. A movable sanitary seat comprising a continuous metal frame boundingan 0 ening, said frame having sections compose of a material of lowheat-conductivit mounted thereon, the adjacent ends of said sectionsbeing separated from each other at one end of the seat, and said framehaving an upwardly projecting portion fitting between said ends. 4

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification in the presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN W. MoAULIFFE.

Witnesses:

WM. F. FREUDENREICH, HARRY S. GAITHER.

